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Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US Army readies second Typhon battery for Pacific deployment
The U.S. Army's 3rd Multidomain Task Force unit is standing up its long-range fires battalion over the next year, including readying its Typhon battery for deployment in the Pacific theater — marking the Army's second such missile system to enter the region, according to the unit's commander. The Army has two certified and fielded Typhon batteries, also known as Midrange Capability missiles, stationed out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Col. Michael Rose, the 3rd MDTF commander, told reporters in a media roundtable Friday. The 3rd Multidomain Task Force, or MDTF, headquartered in Hawaii, will officially receive its Typhon battery at JBLM this year, according to Rose. The Lockheed Martin-built system, consisting of a vertical launch system that uses the Navy's Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 and Tomahawk missiles, can strike targets in the 500- to 2,000-kilometer range. The complete system has a battery operations center, four launchers, prime movers and modified trailers. Defense News first reported the Army's plan to pursue the midrange missile in September 2020. The Army fielded the capability in less than three years. The Army deployed its first Typhon missile launcher to the Philippines in 2024 as part of the joint exercise Salaknib, where the 1st MDTF transported it 8,000 miles via a C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft. The system has remained on the island of Luzon. US, Philippines expand exercise to territorial edges amid tension with China 'We're constantly looking for opportunities to exercise capability like that forward in theater,' Rose said. 'We learn enormous lessons by bringing capability into the theater.' Rose said the Army anticipates the Typhon supporting Operation Pathways, a series of year-round exercises designed to strengthen cooperation with regional allies and deter China. China criticized the first deployment of the Typhon in 2024, warning it could destabilize the region. Officials have yet to fire the missile system in the Philippines. When asked if his unit might conduct a live-fire exercise with the Typhon system, Rose said, 'We're always looking for opportunities to do live-fire with the system. It gives us enormous benefit to be able to do that, so we're looking for the opportunity to do that at any time in our campaigning activities to include the next 12 months.' Meanwhile, the Army is working to field another three batteries to the remaining multidomain task force units between fiscal 2026 and 2028, the service's Program Executive Office Missiles & Space, told Defense News. The Army plans to next field a battery to the 2nd MDTF based in Europe in fiscal 2026. The service is also working to build out its MDTF structure by fiscal 2028. Established at JBLM around 2018, the Army's first MDTF was experimental, but the service has since made it operational and will ultimately build four more. Multidomain task force units have since participated in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises that have helped inform the Army's Multidomain Operations warfighting concept, which has now evolved into doctrine. The Army's fourth MDTF, stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, will focus on the Pacific theater and is anticipated to be established in full by fiscal 2027. The 5th MDTF will be stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where it will concentrate on regions as determined. It will be operational by fiscal 2028.
Bloomberg
12-02-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
RTX Still Struggling to Deliver Navy's Top Missile Interceptor, Pentagon Contract Agency Says
RTX Corp. is still struggling to produce the US Navy's top air-defense missile, needed to counter a Chinese weapon known as its 'aircraft carrier killer,' the Pentagon's contract management agency says. 'Supplier challenges still hamper deliveries' of the Standard Missile-6 under a contract that's now expected to be completed a year late, the Defense Contract Management Agency said in a statement to Bloomberg News. Contract performance 'has been poor versus expectations,' it said.
Los Angeles Times
30-01-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to U.S.
MANILA — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its 'aggressive and coercive behavior' in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. Army installed the Typhon mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines in April last year to support what the longtime treaty allies described as training for joint combat readiness. China has repeatedly demanded that the Philippines remove the missile system, saying it was 'inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race.' Asked by reporters about China's criticism of the missile system, Marcos said he did not understand the Chinese position because the Philippines does not comment on China's missile systems, which 'are a thousand times more powerful than what we have.' 'Let's make a deal with China: Stop claiming our territory, stop harassing our fishermen and let them have a living, stop ramming our boats, stop water cannoning our people, stop firing lasers at us and stop your aggressive and coercive behavior, and we'll return the Typhon missiles,' Marcos told reporters in central Cebu province. 'Let them stop everything they're doing and I'll return all of those,' he said. Chinese officials did not immediately comment on the Philippine leader's remarks. The U.S. Army's mobile Typhon missile system, which consists of a launcher and at least 16 Standard Missile-6 and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, was repositioned about two weeks ago from the northern Philippines to a strategic area closer to the capital, Manila, in consultation with Philippine defense officials, a senior Philippine official told the Associated Press. The Philippine official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authority to discuss the sensitive issue in public, said the U.S. missile system is now closer to an area where Chinese and Philippine coast guard and navy forces have been involved in increasingly tense face-offs in the South China Sea. Tomahawk missiles can travel over 1,000 miles, putting parts of mainland China within their range. The missile system will remain in the Philippines indefinitely, the Philippine official said. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said last week that the Philippines is 'creating tensions and antagonism in the region and inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race' by allowing the U.S. missile system to be positioned in its territory. 'This is a highly dangerous move and an extremely irresponsible choice,' Mao said. Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has rejected China's demand that the missile system be removed as interference in Philippine internal affairs. The U.S. and the Philippines have repeatedly condemned China's increasingly assertive actions to press its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where hostilities have flared over the last two years with repeated clashes between Chinese and Philippine coast guard forces and accompanying vessels. Aside from China and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims in the busy waterway, a key shipping route that is also believed to be sitting atop large undersea deposits of gas and oil. Gomez writes for the Associated Press.
Voice of America
30-01-2025
- Politics
- Voice of America
Philippine president offers deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Thursday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its "aggressive and coercive behavior" in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. Army installed the Typhon mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines in April last year to support what the longtime treaty allies described as training for joint combat readiness. China has repeatedly demanded that the Philippines remove the missile system, saying it was "inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race." Asked by reporters about China's criticism of the missile system, Marcos said he did not understand the Chinese position because the Philippines does not comment on China's missile systems which "are a thousand times more powerful than what we have." "Let's make a deal with China: Stop claiming our territory, stop harassing our fishermen and let them have a living, stop ramming our boats, stop water cannoning our people, stop firing lasers at us and stop your aggressive and coercive behavior, and we'll return the typhoon missiles," Marcos told reporters in central Cebu province. "Let them stop everything they're doing and I'll return all of those," he said. Chinese officials did not immediately comment on the Philippine leader's remarks. The U.S. Army's mobile Typhon missile system, which consists of a launcher and at least 16 Standard Missile-6 and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, was repositioned about two weeks ago from the northern Philippines to a strategic area nearer the capital, Manila, in consultation with Philippine defense officials, a senior Philippine official told The Associated Press. The Philippine official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authority to discuss the sensitive issue in public, said the U.S. missile system is now nearer an area where Chinese and Philippine coast guard and navy forces have been involved in increasingly tense faceoffs in the South China Sea. Tomahawk missiles can travel over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), which puts parts of mainland China within their range. The missile system will remain in the Philippines indefinitely, the Philippine official said. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said last week that the Philippines is "creating tensions and antagonism in the region and inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race" by allowing the U.S. missile system to be positioned in its territory. "This is a highly dangerous move and an extremely irresponsible choice," Mao said. Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has rejected China's demand that the missile system be removed as interference in Philippine internal affairs. The U.S. and the Philippines have repeatedly condemned China's increasingly assertive actions to press its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where hostilities have flared over the past two years with repeated clashes between Chinese and Philippine coast guard forces and accompanying vessels. Aside from China and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims in the busy waterway, a key shipping route which is also believed to be sitting atop large undersea deposits of gas and oil.
The Independent
30-01-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its 'aggressive and coercive behavior' in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. Army installed the Typhon mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines in April last year to support what the longtime treaty allies described as training for joint combat readiness. China has repeatedly demanded that the Philippines remove the missile system, saying it was 'inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race." Asked by reporters about China's criticism of the missile system, Marcos said he did not understand the Chinese position because the Philippines does not comment on China's missile systems which 'are a thousand times more powerful than what we have." "Let's make a deal with China: Stop claiming our territory, stop harassing our fishermen and let them have a living, stop ramming our boats, stop water cannoning our people, stop firing lasers at us and stop your aggressive and coercive behavior, and we'll return the typhoon missiles,' Marcos told reporters in central Cebu province. 'Let them stop everything they're doing and I'll return all of those,' he said. Chinese officials did not immediately comment on the Philippine leader's remarks. The U.S. Army's mobile Typhon missile system, which consists of a launcher and at least 16 Standard Missile-6 and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, was repositioned about two weeks ago from the northern Philippines to a strategic area nearer the capital, Manila, in consultation with Philippine defense officials, a senior Philippine official told The Associated Press. The Philippine official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authority to discuss the sensitive issue in public, said the U.S. missile system is now nearer an area where Chinese and Philippine coast guard and navy forces have been involved in increasingly tense faceoffs in the South China Sea. Tomahawk missiles can travel over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), which puts parts of mainland China within their range. The missile system will remain in the Philippines indefinitely, the Philippine official said. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said last week that the Philippines is 'creating tensions and antagonism in the region and inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race' by allowing the U.S. missile system to be positioned in its territory. "This is a highly dangerous move and an extremely irresponsible choice,' Mao said. Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has rejected China's demand that the missile system be removed as interference in Philippine internal affairs. The U.S. and the Philippines have repeatedly condemned China's increasingly assertive actions t o press its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where hostilities have flared over the past two years with repeated clashes between Chinese and Philippine coast guard forces and accompanying vessels. Aside from China and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims in the busy waterway, a key shipping route which is also believed to be sitting atop large undersea deposits of gas and oil.
